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CS-CLA · Bombardier Challenger 600 flight activity

446 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 17 days a month and an estimated 585 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How CS-CLA has been flying

CS-CLA flies about five times as often as the middle Challenger 600, well above the 4 to 10 flights a month flown by the middle half of the fleet.

Flights, 12 months
446

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈585 hr

From time in the air. The logbook has the exact total.

Days flown a month
17.3 d

Against 4.5 d for the middle Challenger 600.

Last tracked
Jul 2026

Last tracked in July 2026. Published seven days later, by month only.

Month by month

446 flights over 12 active months

Flights per month · shaded band is the middle half of the fleet (4.0–10.1 a month)

27
46
43
19
41
33
25
49
21
42
56
44
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CS-CLA flew more than the middle half of the fleet in every month. Its busiest month was June 2026, with 56 flights.

Its busiest month was June 2026, with 56 flights, and its quietest November 2025, with 19. The record has 202 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 2 may be missing and every count is a minimum.

Chapter 04

Utilization

Harsher than the type

How steadily it has been used: flights, flying days and estimated hours against the type.

Flown far more than most. Harsher on utilization.

Heavy use means more of its maintenance intervals have been used up. Worth checking where it sits in its inspection cycle before a pre-buy.

Flights a monthHarsher
29.7

Against 6.1 for the middle Challenger 600 (99th). Used harder than most.

Home baseContext
In the report

Share of flying days from one field.

The data behind it

Against all 763 tracked Challenger 600s, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
DimensionBelowMedianAboveThis tailPctile
Flights a monthHarsherLead metric
In the months it flew
29.7
middle Challenger 600 6.1
99th
Days flown a monthHarsher
Days with at least one flight
14.7 d
middle Challenger 600 4.5 d
98th
Estimated hours a yearHarsher
From time in the air
≈474 hr
middle Challenger 600 ≈132 hr
94th
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

Its flying is spread across many routes.

Most-flown pair
2%

7 of 446 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
4%

Spread across many destinations.

International
84%

359 flights crossed a border.

CS-CLA’s flying is spread across many routes. Its most-flown pair of airports carries 2% of flights, 7 of 446, counting both directions. Its top three pairs make up 4%, so about ten flights in ten go somewhere else. Of its 446 tracked flights, 359 (84%) crossed a border.

Chapters 01–03

Fatigue, corrosion, engines and brakes

01 Fatigue

Outside the middle of the fleet

How short were its legs? Airframes age by landings as well as by hours. Many short legs put more pressurization cycles on the structure for the same time in the air.

Hours per landing Lead metric
Estimated flight hours per landing

CS-CLA is out here, on one side or the other

middle Challenger 600 1.8 : 1
In the report

Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context. See this chapter in the sample report →

02 Corrosion

Outside the middle of the fleet

Where does it spend its nights? Where a jet sleeps shapes how fast it corrodes. Salt and damp overnight are what an inspector looks at first.

Salt air Lead metric
Nights within 2 km of the coast, as a share of nights we can place

CS-CLA is out here, on one side or the other

middle Challenger 600 2%
In the report

Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air. See this chapter in the sample report →

03 Engines and brakes

Close to the type

How hard were its airfields? Short, hot and high runways ask for more thrust on every takeoff and harder braking on every landing. That wear doesn’t show in the hours.

Short runways Lead metric
Departures where the longest runway was under 1.25× the takeoff distance

CS-CLA is in here

middle Challenger 600 27%
In the report

Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate. See this chapter in the sample report →

TailCheck report

What the full report adds for CS-CLA

  1. 01 All four chapters graded, with the evidence behind every grade
  2. 02 The operational summary: the whole aircraft in one read
  3. 03 Its longest stay away from base, and what the record does and doesn’t show about it
  4. 04 Its home base pattern and operating rhythm: busiest days and months
  5. 05 PDF, CSV and a share link

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Peers

Other Challenger 600s

Tails flown at a similar rate, with their tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026. Each has its own free page.

TailFlights, 12 monthsEstimated hours a year
N262QS443≈592
CS-CLD388≈502
N257QS447≈574
CS-CLC369≈486
N251QS393≈574
Questions

About CS-CLA

How many hours does CS-CLA fly a year?

About 585 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 446 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is CS-CLA flown?

CS-CLA made 446 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 37 a month, and flew on about 17 days in each month it flew.

Does CS-CLA fly internationally?

359 of its 446 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 84%, crossed a border.

When did CS-CLA last fly?

It was last tracked in July 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.

Why don’t you show which airports CS-CLA uses?

We leave out airports, bases and exact dates on purpose. We show how an aircraft has been used, not where it goes.

What’s in the full TailCheck report for CS-CLA?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked Challenger 600s, plus the operational summary and operating rhythm, as a PDF, CSV and share link. It costs $395, or $995 a month for unlimited reports and Spotlight.

Method

How this page is made

Everything here comes from CS-CLA’s ADS-B track, the position signal aircraft broadcast, over the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026. ADS-B misses some flights, so every count is a minimum. Flights appear seven days after they happen, by month only, and hours are estimated from time in the air; the logbook has the real totals. Airports, bases and exact dates are left out on purpose. How grades work: each graded measure is placed among the tracked Challenger 600s against the middle aircraft, the 50th percentile. Between the 25th and 75th it is typical; outside that band it is gentler or harsher. Utilization is graded here for free; for the other chapters this page shows the middle value of the fleet and whether this aircraft sits inside the middle half or outside it. Their grades and values are in the report, not on this page. Owners and operators can ask us not to publish an aircraft’s activity.

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